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Originally Posted by grrr rex
just because I liked them and had to own them.
Vinny.
Know how that works...: )
Rex
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Not to mention stocking up on all the various calibers in ammo. I used to belong to a gun club in NJ and had 24/7 access to an indoor range and daylight access to our outdoor range that was just mere minutes from my house. I would shoot 4-5 times a week and compete every Saturday and Sunday plus some Wednesday nights. We had some good shooters like JJ Racaza and David Olhasso shoot our matches along with some other sponsered guys. JJ was on the first Top Shot TV show and David, at the time, was ranked 10th in the world. It was fun and exciting and our indoor range was comfortable, had a nice lounge area with snacks and kitchen and provided a nice place for guys to hang out and talk and show guns. Plus if the wife kicked you out there was a couch that folded out to a bed. It was also so convenient that I could go there to shoot a box of 50 rounds and be back home in under an hour. Now I think the closest outdoor range is about an hour away and the indoor range is not air conditioned and pretty old looking compared to the modern ones I am used to.
With the price of ammo these days, except 22 which give me no thrill, it costs me close to a hundred dollars each range visit and that has to stop soon. Right now I am breaking in 5 new guns and testing new ammo but that will end next week. After that I will not shoot until the weather cools down or I find someone willing to drive me to one of the new ranges in Ocala.
I miss the days when I could pop by the outdoor range on a weekend and shoot my friend's guns to see what they were like. In Texas it was even better as we had a group of about 5 of us who would trade guns among us so we all got to shoot and briefly own the newest and greatest guns produced at the time. When I moved here I found out that I was now left eye dominent which explained the problems I was having shooting sporting clays and long guns. For my handguns it is easy to fix by simply tilting the gun a little left so that the sights are under my left eye. For long guns I just do not want to learn to shoot lefty so I gave up on them.